The obverse has clash marks at Liberty's ear along with several peripheral die cracks. Another crack connects the curl behind Liberty's eye to her nose and mouth. The reverse has small die chips in the right angle of N and both angles of M.

This variety, while very common, was unknown to Valentine and first described by Walter Breen in 1958. Breen's work, "United States Half Dimes - A Supplement," was published by Wayte Raymond Publications as part of the Coin Collectors Journal series even though Raymond passed away two years earlier. Breen recorded just two examples known to him including the Eliasberg coin and another in New Netherlands' Numisma. However, see the next lot regarding this second coin. Numisma was the fixed price publication of New Netherlands Coin Company, first published in June 1954 and continuing through November 1960. During this period 27 issues were published. At the time this publication was first issued, it included excellent information for advanced collectors, perhaps only rivaled in later years by the publications of Empire Coin Company (Dave Bowers and James Ruddy).

This marriage represents the third use of both obverse 6 and reverse J. This reverse die had a long life, being used for six different die marriages and two additional remarriages. The emission sequence for this reverse started with 1830: 1830 LM-4.1, 1830 LM-5, 1829 LM-16.1, 1829 LM-17, 1829 LM-16.2, 1830 LM-4.2, 1830 LM-6, and 1830 LM-12.

The second state of this variety, LM-16.2, was the single remarriage in the entire Capped Bust half dime series not represented in this collection.